Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo: Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who spent several years in China. When he returned in 1295‚ there became a sudden interest in finding a quicker route to Asia. Polo‚ along with father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo‚ was among the first westerners to travel the Silk Road. 2. Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas located in Peru‚ in 1532. He claimed land from Panama to Peru for
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1) A. Mitchell Palmer- Attorney General in 1920s; earned the title of the "fighting Quaker" by his excess of zeal in rounding up suspects of Red Scare; ultimately totaled about six thousand; This drive to root out radicals was redoubled in June 1919‚ when a bomb shattered his home 2) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti- case regarded by liberals as "judicial lynching". Sacco‚ a shoe-factory worker‚ and Vanzetti‚ a fish peddler‚ were convicted in 1921 of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster
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History vs. Hollywood History is the study of the past; however‚ every person’s opinion varies and tends to make history a sore subject. In today’s society the average American knows little to almost nothing when it comes to history. During high school many people have thought of history being not as important as other subjects and put it off to the side. Yet later on in life they have watched a historically based movie or television show and found interest in history. Learning from movies that
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Articles of Confederation DBQ Between 1781 and 1789 America experienced a period of political weakness and lack of action to fix the impending crisis. Following the Revolutionary War‚ America succeeded in establishing its liberty‚ free of tyrannical British rule. During this period‚ the new found freedom of America acted as a double-edged sword. Although Americans had finally achieved the freedom that they had fought for‚ they were faced with the challenge of establishing an entirely new system
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DBQ’s 2000 DBQ – To a certain extent‚ organized labor was successful‚ however there were several major obstacles that made it tough for the labor unions. A) Public opinion: most people were suspicious of organized labor during the panic of 1877. B) A rise of unskilled labor: employers needed less people to do the same tasks‚ leading to increased strikes. This rift between unskilled and skilled workers was the cause of failure for the American Federation of Labor since it didn’t include everyone
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The Rise of a Mass Democracy The Corrupt Bargain of 1824 • Four people were to be in the election of 1824. Jackson‚ Adams‚ Clay‚ and Crawford. • Clay was not picked but he voted for Adams because they made a deal that if Adams president Clay would be secretary of state. A Yankee Misfit in the White House • Adams was a strong nationalist he wasn’t against the idea of building roads and canals. Going “ Whole Hog” for Jackson in 1828 • two parties were created before the
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Terms and Essays: 1. Traditional paradigm- transplant of English institutions or English culture into North America 2. Atlantic System paradigm- the creation of the Atlantic Ocean as a system or network of exchange after the voyages of Columbus 3. Christopher Columbus- an Italian explorer and navigator from Genoa‚ who asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella for a grant to find India and its treasures. He landed in modern-day Bahamas and claimed he “discovered” America 4. 1492 Edict of
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Chapter 8---Creating a Republican Culture (1790-1820) I. The Capitalist Commonwealth A. Banks‚ Manufacturing‚ and Markets a) Banking and Credit: 1. For merchants‚ farmers‚ and political leaders‚ republicanism meant capitalism. 2. 2nd National Bank was chartered in 1816 for 20 yrs. To finance mercantile enterprises. 3. The Panic of 1819: state banks over-issued notes‚ sparked by a sharp drop in world agricultural prices Business cycle—the periodic expansion and contraction of profits
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~Dwight L. Moody This man‚ part of the social gospel movement‚ proclaimed the gospel of kindness and forgiveness and adapted the old-time religion to the facts of city life and founded an institute in 1889 ~James Gibbons An American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877‚ and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the cardinalate in 1886‚ the second American to receive that distinction. ~Salvation
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Advanced Placement United States History Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Colonial America Review for Unit 2 Test-Chapters 4-6 Directions: There will be 80 multiple choice questions on the test. These review questions follow a chronological order. I would suggest that you study them in this order first and then scramble them up. 1. As the seventeenth century wore on‚ regional differences continued to form‚ most notably in the south‚ where slave labor was very important. 2. The population
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